| Kontela | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Pushpin Map: | Mali |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Label: | Goundara |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mali |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kayes Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bafoulabé Cercle |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 21538 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 14.0394°N -10.3667°W |
Kontela is a commune in the Cercle of Bafoulabé in the Kayes Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains 28 villages and hamlets. The principal village (chef-lieu) is Goundara. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 21,538.